Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, right, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar during their press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary,, Nov. 15, 2017. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
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Hungary Says US Meddling in Domestic Affairs by Funding New Media Outlets

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the U.S. move was “shocking and unusual” among allies.

by Pablo Gorondi

Israeli PM Caught On Hot Mic Deriding ‘Crazy’ EU, Admitting To Syria Strikes

Benjamin Netanyahu was caught Wednesday by a live microphone railing against the European Union’s “crazy” insistence on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli PM Caught On Hot Mic Deriding ‘Crazy’ EU, Admitting To Syria Strikes

BUDAPEST, Hungary  — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was caught Wednesday by a live microphone railing against the European Union's "crazy" insistence on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a precondition for closer ties with the 28-nation bloc, and trumpeting Israel as essential to its prosperity and

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Israel Reverses Condemnation Of ‘Anti-Semitic’ George Soros Ads

Israel’s foreign ministry has backed a series of billboards in Hungary denouncing US billionaire George Soros, just hours after its ambassador condemned the billboard campaign as anti-Semitic.

Israel Reverses Condemnation Of ‘Anti-Semitic’ George Soros Ads

Israel's foreign ministry has backed a series of adverts in Hungary denouncing US billionaire George Soros just hours after its ambassador condemned the billboard campaign as anti-Semitic. Soros, a Hungarian-born

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Protests Erupt In As ‘Fortress Europe’ Rises To Replace Open Borders

As the European Commission once again failed to offer a collective solution for those fleeing war-torn and poverty-stricken lands abroad, Hungary has come to exemplify the continent’s worst tendencies when it comes to treatment of refugees

Protests Erupt In As ‘Fortress Europe’ Rises To Replace Open Borders

Protests have erupted near the Hungarian border with Serbia on Tuesday after the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán fulfilled its promises to close Hungary's borders and treat refugees attempting to cross

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Fired Hungarian Camerawoman Apologizes For Kicking Migrants

The 40-year-old was fired by the right-wing N1TV online channel after footage of her kicking and tripping migrants Tuesday near the village of Roszke went viral on social media

Fired Hungarian Camerawoman Apologizes For Kicking Migrants

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian camerawoman caught on video kicking and tripping migrants near the Serbian border has offered a qualified apology for her behavior. Petra Laszlo said in the letter published Friday in the daily Magyar Nemzet newspaper that she was "sincerely sorry for what happened," but she also sought to defend her

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VIDEO: Hungarians Take To Throwing Computers At Government Buildings To Protest Internet Tax

Don’t mess with net neutrality.

VIDEO: Hungarians Take To Throwing Computers At Government Buildings To Protest Internet Tax

When the people in power try to make the internet more expensive and less free, one way for the public to respond is by gathering up all the obsolete computing equipment that's lying around and start hurling it at government buildings. That's exactly what the people of Budapest did yesterday. The world is struggling to figure out to future of

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Sochi Threat Likely a Hoax

Russia may run greater risks in towns outside the tightly controlled Olympic zone.

Sochi Threat Likely a Hoax

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Threats to a string of European Olympic offices are reviving a question that has haunted preparations for the Winter Games next month: Is it safe to go to Sochi? European Olympic authorities, whose countries have faced terrorist threats and attacks in the past, largely shrugged off the new menacing messages as a hoax, a

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